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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Hello! Here's another polish from the Girly Bits 80's Girl Band Collection, Supersonic.

This polish is described as a "neon lemon-lime jelly with golden and blue shimmer, and tiny blue flecks". While this polish is most definitely unique and interesting, it's not to my personal tastes. However, I think that's largely due to the fact that my ghost-pale skin doesn't do well with these bright yellow/green shades, and I'm sure it would look much better on you ladies with a bit more colour! My swatch shows three thin coats followed by LaCC 2013 top coat, and the formula was a dream to work with. It's also brighter and more vibrant in person; you know how cameras hate to cooperate with these types of shades, haha!

This polish is part of the Girly Bits 80's Girl Band Collection, and you can purchase it and lots of other stunning Girly Bits polishes online here. You can also like the Girly Bits Facebook page to keep up to date with new releases.

What do you think of Supersonic? :)

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review and my honest opinion.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Good morning! I've got another amazing Girly Bits polish to share with you today: The Power of Love.

The Power of Love is a stunning lilac holo with small silver and purple glitters mixed in. This polish really won me over - the lilac shade is so delicate and pretty, while the mix of holo and glitters gives it some really interesting depth. Two flawless coats for perfect coverage, and I'm wearing one coat of LaCC 2013 top coat in the photos. The first photo is in direct sunlight, where you can really see the holo, and the second photo is in indirect natural light, so you can see the glitters better.

This polish is part of the Girly Bits 80's Girl Band Collection, and you can purchase it and lots of other stunning Girly Bits polishes online here. You can also like the Girly Bits Facebook page to keep up to date with new releases.

Luckily for me, the weather here is giving no hint of the end of summer anytime soon, so I've still got a while to wear lovely pastel and holo shades like this one! ;) What do you think of this polish?

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review and my honest opinion.

Monday, August 25, 2014

I'm really squeezing this post in here, with less than four hours of Blog Fest day left (in my time zone)! I only got back from England on Saturday, and by the time I did both my Blog Fest manis on Sunday, it was too dark to take photos. So I took photos this morning before running out of the house for my first day of work as a paid professional dancer (yay!!), and here we are now.

For this year's Blog Fest, we were to swatch one selected polish, and do nail nail with the other two shades and a set of Nail Vinyls that was included.

Let's start with the swatch! I was sent Pandora, which is a new shade that Picture Polish has just released. It is an amazing royal purple shade with the signature Picture Polish scattered holo finish which I adore.

Of course the holo effect is just stunning in the sun, and when you join that with the fact that this is my favourite shade of purple, it's no surprise that this is a huge winner for me! Shown is three thin coats with LaCC 2013 top coat, although you could definitely get away with two slightly thicker coats in person.

The two shades that I was sent for the nail art mani are Swagger and Bonkers, and I got the straight Nail Vinyls to use. The rules were very restrictive in that we weren't allowed to use any other nail art techniques such as gradients or dots, so I had quite a hard time coming up with something interesting. I ended up just making it up as I went, but in the end, I was pretty happy with how it turned out!

We were allowed to use white or black polish if needed, so I included white for a bit more contrast between the different shades. The white I used was LVX Fantom. I can also tell you that Swagger is a two-coater, and that Bonkers is amazingly opaque in just one coat if you're careful! The whole look is topped with one coat of Seche Vite, although there are quite a few layers of top coat in between there, since I did multiple layers of taping.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

I'll be off shortly to spend another day exploring London, but I wanted to write up a quick post to share before I head out! This polish is another beauty from the Girly Bits80's Girl Band Collection, and it's called Bette Davis Eyes.

Bette Davis Eyes is a lovely pearly white polish with an amazing pink/purple shimmer and slight holographic sparkle, which was much more apparent in person than it is in my photos. Take a look at the bottle in my photos for a better idea of what the shimmer and holographic sparkle can look like!

I used two thin coats for perfect coverage; the formula was slightly on the thicker side, but it made application very easy and I hardly had to do any clean-up. Bette Davis Eyes naturally dries to a slightly textured finish which I loved, so that was how I chose to wear it. However, since the texture isn't too rough, I'd say it would likely smooth out with 1-2 coats of a thick top coat, if you wanted to wear it that way.

As I mentioned, this polish is part of the Girly Bits 80's Girl Band Collection, and you can purchase it and lots of other stunning Girly Bits polishes online here. The website is currently down for maintenance, but is expected to be back up and running on August 13th. You can also like the Girly Bits Facebook page to keep up to date with the site, as well as new releases.

I absolutely love how delicate and feminine this polish is, with the added interest of being textured! What do you think? Let me know in the comments! :)

Disclaimer: The products in this post were provided for review and my honest opinion.

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

I've had a wonderful first two days here in London, just exploring and spending time with my family. We've done quite a bit of shopping as well, I've already bought 8 new polishes, and my parents bought me a pair of Dr. Martens as an early birthday present (my birthday is in November and I won't see them again until maybe Christmas) which was very exciting! My mom and I are going out for a fancy tea tomorrow, and then on Friday night we're all going to see Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasliev in Solo for Two, both of which I'm really looking forward to.

Anyways, today's Girly Bits polish is from the 80's Girl Band Collection, and it's called Conga. The base is a bright aqua jelly, and it's packed with neon pink hexes and squares, aqua and white circle glitters, and lavender and teal hex glitters.

I found the formula to be rather goopy and patchy, and the glitters didn't want to stay put, so I decided to layer two coats over LaCC 1977 to make things easier. However, I'm wearing four coats alone on my thumb for comparison, and it looks almost the exact same. All nails are topped with only one coat of Seche Vite; it was great to find out this wasn't a hungry glitter.

As I mentioned, this polish is part of the Girly Bits 80's Girl Band Collection, and you can purchase it and lots of other stunning Girly Bits polishes online here. You can also like the Girly Bits Facebook page to keep up to date with new releases.

I really love the colour of the base in this polish, and the mix of glitters packed in there is so fun! What do you think of this polish? Also, any suggestions for things I must see/do while in London? Let me know in the comments!

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review and my honest opinion.

Monday, August 04, 2014

Good morning! This is a scheduled post as I've arrived in London this morning; right about now I'm probably half-way through my day struggling to stay awake after a sleepless red-eye flight, haha! Anyways, I've got a super pretty polish to share with you today, take a look.

This is two easy coats of Girly Bits No Such Thing As A Purple Problem, topped with one coat of Seche Vite. It is described as "a grape purple jelly micro glitter with silver holo sparks, dark purple, copper and aqua shimmer".Unfortunately my camera wanted to photograph this more blue than it is in person, but this is my absolute favourite shade of purple and the holographic sparkle is absolutely stunning!!

This polish is part of the Girly Bits core line, and you can purchase it and lots of other stunning Girly Bits polishes online here. You can also like the Girly Bits Facebook page to keep up to date with new releases.

I'm in love with this purple polish and will most definitely be wearing it again, but I want to hear what you think about it! Leave a comment! :)

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review and my honest opinion.

Sunday, August 03, 2014

I'm headed off to England today to visit my family in their new home for the first time, and I'm so excited! And in other good news, I'll only be there for a couple weeks before returning to Canada, because I've been offered an apprentice contract with the ballet company here! I'll need to get around to changing my blog header from "aspiring ballet dancer" to "professional" now! ;)

I've also got quite an exciting polish to show you today; it's Girly Bits' contribution to the August A Box, Indied, Food Fight!.

Indirect natural light

Food Fight! is a grey-blue crelly base scattered with tiny holographic glitter and various sizes of iridescent hex glitters which give the polish an amazing glow. My swatch shows three thin coats topped with Seche Vite; the formula was a little on the thick side, but didn't give me too much trouble.

This polish is available exclusively in the August A Box, Indied through Llarowe. You can find lots of other amazing Girly Bits polishes online here, a few of which I'll be showing you over the next few weeks.

I really love Food Fight!, and the other polishes for this month's box look awesome too, so if you have a chance I'd definitely snatch it up! The blue-grey colour is definitely something I'll be wearing a lot come fall, and I'm such a sucker for beautiful iridescent glitters! What do you think? :)

Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for review and my honest opinion.